Assessment - 3

Critical Thinking

Design Thinking process:

Audio Sunglasses

Submitted by:
Anushka Khandelwal
DFT-6
 Augmented Reality Glasses i.e. ​Audio Sunglasses
The first stage of the Design Thinking process is to gain an empathic understanding of
the problem you are trying to solve. Here my idea is of ​audio sunglasses ​which will act
as your personal set of hidden earphones. As we all use earphones or headphones to
listen to music or watch a movie. As we all know nowadays a large variety of wireless
earphones and headphones have also come into the market but sometimes during
exercise and many other activities they fall from your ear and are also visible that you
are listening to something. But how about a pair of glasses with an inbuilt speaker and a
microphone. Nobody around you can understand how you are listening to music or
talking on the phone with the help of a microphone in the glasses until and unless you
tell them about your smart audio sunglasses.

What if your sunglasses were also a set of smart, hidden headphones with no earbuds
or no bone-conduction system, just a set of personal speakers?
As a wearer of ​true wireless earbuds​, that’s not a question I ever thought I would ask.
But these sound Frames will be delightful and leave your ears free of buds or
headphones have a clear and obvious case.

These will look like regular unisex sunglasses. ​To everyone else they’re just
sunglasses.​ Granted, the arms will be a bit thicker and wider near the ears, where
traditional sunglasses would taper, and there will be a small gold button for turning them
on and controlling music.You can also wear them when not listening to music.

As per my imagination the glasses sound amazingly good for what they are. Two small
speakers sit in the frame just in front of your ears. The music is directed straight to your
ear through small speaker grilles, while cancelling sound is projected out into the world.

In the real world if you are listening to music people sitting right next to you won’t hear it.
The Frames will support standard Bluetooth audio as well as the connectivity with both
Android phones and the iPhone.

Turning on the Frames will be as easy as pressing the single discreet button under the
right arm. The button also serves for pause/play or accepting a call. Double press to
skip forward, triple for back. Anyone who has used wireless earbuds before will be
familiar with this.To switch them off just turn them upside down for a second or so. You
will get over three hours of continuous listening out of the Frames before the battery
runs dry. Charging can be done by the magnetic USB cable that snaps on to the inside
of the right arm.
The Frames will be delightful – a set of premium sunglasses that also act as your
personal music system. The sound frame will come with a great music quality without
blocking your ears or making a racket for others, look good, choice of lenses and
frames, comfortable, sound good, solid Bluetooth connection, excellent call quality.